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Michał Matczak

2×2 · top 2.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2009 · 2009MATC01

Michał Matczak has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.52, set at Poznan Open 2011, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 233rd in Poland. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since June 2009, he has put 742 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.13 in June 2009 to 9.33, a 58% improvement. He has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.52
signature single · Poznan Open 2011
742
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPoland
2×21.523.31
top 2.2%233 / 5,422
3×39.3311.82
top 5.7%530 / 6,576
Pyraminx4.426.60
top 9.8%642 / 4,406
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves—
top 14.8%93 / 466
Megaminx1:11.021:20.61
top 16.2%240 / 1,384
4×444.2155.78
top 17.3%513 / 2,851
3×3 one-handed21.3824.86
top 24.2%536 / 2,176
5×51:29.911:36.97
top 27.2%378 / 1,442
Square-130.3442.75
top 50.0%471 / 1,002
7×75:18.035:24.70
top 56.2%290 / 546
6×64:22.99—
early days — 3 solves470 / 669
Clock35.43—
early days — 1 solve1,403 / 1,549

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Poznan Open 2009: 22.13Polish Open 2010: 15.94Poznan Open 2010: 14.18Kociewie Open 2010: 10.78Polish Nationals 2010: 12.81Lodz Open 2011: 12.33Swierklany Open 2011: 12.00Polish Nationals 2011: 11.18Poznan Open 2011: 10.68Cube Factory 2011: 11.72Silesia Open 2012: 11.06Polish Nationals 2013: 10.43Polish Nationals 2014: 11.17ŚLS Gliwice 2015: 10.72Polish Open 2015: 11.96Polish Championship 2015: 11.81Santa Claus Cube Race 2015: 9.51Polish Championship 2016: 9.33ŚLS Zawiercie 2017: 10.91Pszczyna Open 2018: 10.20Polish Open 2018: 11.039.3322.1327 Jun 20098 Dec 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.